Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

A few days after Xiao Yu arrived in Panyu, Min Chong set off with a few shipments of goods. If he didn't leave, those spices that were worth more than gold would be moldy.

These things must not be put in the spring. In the spring of Guangzhou, no matter how you prevent moisture, it is useless.

Once Min Chong left, Xiao Yu lost a few more capable helpers.

Those who have been in the officialdom are all ghosts and ghosts. Knowing that Xiao Yu lacks reliable helpers, those who work below begin to perfunctory.

Xiao Yu doesn't know the attitude of these people, but he is indeed unavailable at the moment, so he can only turn a blind eye and close one eye. After the selection exam is over next year, he plans to have a big change.

That day when Pei Linzhi came back from the outside, his face was livid, Xiao Yu said, "What's wrong?"

Pei Linzhi sat down, picked up Xiao Yu's tea and drank it all in one gulp, and said, "I'm so mad. Today, there are a few school captains who took the lead in attacking, and they didn't know how to repent after being arrested! I want to kill someone!"

Xiao Yu quickly poured him another cup of tea: "Have a cup of tea to calm down. There is no need to kill people, and you can punish them as you like."

Pei Linzhi clenched his fists and thumped the table hard: "I don't think I can suppress them unless they kill a few people. Those captains are all descendants of aristocratic families in Guangzhou, and they are all rascals. They were sent to the barracks to fool around. A few grains of rat droppings ruined a pot of soup. I think this family in Guangzhou needs to be rectified."

Xiao Yu also said: "I also feel that Yazhou is small, with few people, and the family foundation is shallow, the number is small, and it is not a climate. Guangzhou is different. After the accumulation of several dynasties, these aristocratic families have long been intertwined in the government. Mutual protection Appeasement, favoritism and malpractice. Even government orders can't leave my palace."

Pei Linzhi said: "Your Majesty, Wang Qi must be dealt with, otherwise many people are thinking of overthrowing us and welcoming Wang Qi back."

Xiao Yu asked, "How many reliable soldiers are there in the army?"

Pei Linzhi said: "We brought two thousand soldiers from Yazhou, and the five thousand sailors who have been to Yazhou are somewhat reliable, that is to say, they can still be trusted."

Xiao Yu said: "Ordinary soldiers take obedience as their bounden duty, and most of them are from poor people, and they don't have much stance. Those who have stances are generals, so the generals in the army must be cleaned up. To be replaced."

They were airborne in Guangzhou, if they hadn't brought thousands of soldiers with them, and they were holding tiger charms, they wouldn't be able to restrain these local snakes at all.

Pei Linzhi said: "Well, I am currently selecting personnel from the Guangzhou Navy to replace those captains who have problems."

Xiao Yu nodded: "Yes, it is best to use Guangzhou people. Only their own people can better control their own people." He also considered using Yazhou soldiers as grassroots generals. The problem is that they will form an airborne again like them. Can't convince the crowd, let alone mingle with the soldiers.

Xiao Yu said again: "The selected lieutenants will also undergo a training to learn the military discipline and reward and punishment policy of the Yazhou Army thoroughly. And then urge them to publicize the Yazhou government orders to the lieutenants."

The Guangzhou navy stayed in Yazhou for a while, knowing that the decrees they implemented in Yazhou were beneficial to the people, and it would be better if they publicized the decrees of Yazhou to the soldiers in Guangzhou.

Pei Linzhi nodded: "I know."

Xiao Yu said: "It was not easy at the beginning, so take your time. I talked to Wang Qi twice, but he is stubborn and can't be killed. I plan to close it first and let him see our skills. "

Xiao Yu mentioned another matter: "Have you found all the places you were asked to find?"

He plans to draw some soldiers from the army to grow vegetables and rice. On the one hand, he can be self-sufficient. The most important thing is to cultivate vegetables and rice seeds to ensure the purity of vegetables and rice seeds, so as to maintain the quality and yield of vegetables and rice.

Pei Linzhi shook his head: "The fertile land on both sides of the Pearl River is in the hands of aristocratic families, and there is no way to buy land. Many lands that were originally bought from farmers are now offered to buy, and the price is ten times higher than before."

Xiao Yu frowned, and the biggest problem really came: "Then the government will directly expropriate it and compensate it at the market price."

Pei Linzhi laughed: "Okay. It's time to shake the mountain."

As a farming civilization, since ancient times, the biggest problem is the land problem.

Since the founding of Anguo, the land equalization system introduced by the previous dynasty has been implemented. The land is divided equally according to the population. After a certain number of years of cultivation, the land will belong to the cultivator.

However, the category of land equalization does not include owned land, but only state-owned land without owners, which has laid a huge hidden danger for land annexation.

It is too easy for big landlords to annex the land of small farmers. As long as there is one disaster year, small farmers may lose their land ownership and become tenant farmers or even domestic slaves of big landlords.

After decades of development in Anguo, land annexation has become quite serious. This phenomenon is not so obvious in Yazhou, which has a small population and a lot of land. However, in the fertile Pearl River Delta region, there has long been no wasteland to cultivate, and the land has been divided up by powerful landlords. .

Xiao Yu really wanted to carry out a land reform, crack down on the local tyrants and evil gentry, and distribute the land equally according to the population.But he knew that he couldn't take too big a step. He had to gain a firm foothold, master all the troops, and win the hearts of the people before he could touch the cakes of these landlords.

After all, there is still Xiao Yi watching in the north.He needs to be patient and keep a low profile.

Xiao Yu called Tian Cao to learn about the ownership of the land around Panyu.

As expected, the fields around Panyu were basically controlled by Chen, Huang, Cai, He, Wu, Lin and other surnames, among which Chen and Huang controlled the most.

Most of these surnames migrated here from the north to escape the war. They were originally the surnames of the Central Plains, with a large population and family background. After several generations of development in Guangzhou, their power has completely overwhelmed the natives of Guangzhou.The land has been completely controlled by them.

People in the Central Plains value education, and the aristocratic families are eligible to participate in the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, so many members of the clan have become officials, and even Tian Cao Linhong is a member of this big clan with the surname Lin.

Xiao Yu didn't hide anything, and said directly: "I want to take several hectares of land as military farmland, which is near Panyu City. What suggestion does Master Lin have?"

Lin Hong's scalp tightened. All the land near Panyu is owned by owners. This is not easy, so he had to ask: "Does Your Majesty need paddy fields or dry land?"

Xiao Yu said: "Both paddy fields and dry land are needed. To tell you the truth, I have a batch of rice seeds from overseas, which are still in the trial planting stage. The highest yield per mu is 370 catties. If the water and fertilizer are proper, the yield should be even higher."

Lin Hong raised his head in surprise: "Is what your Majesty said true?" He is Tian Cao, who is in charge of agricultural production, and he knows the yield per mu. In Guangzhou, even the Chen family with the most fertile farmland has the highest yield per mu. It is only 327 kilograms, and it has been talked about by the Chen family for many years.

Pei Linzhi said: "You are not joking. How can your majesty deceive Master Lin?"

Lin Hong licked his lips: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, I can be the master for the Lin family, and I am willing to sell these few acres of land, just so that the Lin family can buy the seeds Your Majesty said."

Xiao Yu smiled slightly: "I want this land for the purpose of cultivating the rice seeds. In the future, the rice seeds will not only be used by the Lin family, but also be used by the people of the world."

Lin Hong was taken aback for a moment, then took a step back, knelt down and bowed, "It's the minister who is narrow-minded. It's not as far-sighted as His Majesty, who has the world in mind."

Xiao Yu nodded in satisfaction: "However, I still accept Mr. Lin's kindness. I will use the Lin family's land. After my seeds are cultivated, if I want to sell rice seeds to the people of the world in the future, only those few hectares of land are far away." Not enough. It is necessary to need others to assist in planting rice seeds.”

Lin Hong understood in an instant: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace! I will go back to discuss with my grandfather today." The difference between selling rice and rice seeds is not ordinary.

Xiao Yu nodded: "Lord Lau Lin has to worry about it, the land must be connected together."

"The subordinate understands!"

After Lin Hong left, Pei Linzhi smiled and said, "I didn't expect it to go well."

Xiao Yu said: "It will be profitable, so it will go smoothly. But if he knows that I plan to confiscate his family's property and distribute it to the poor in the future, what do you think he will do?"

Pei Linzhi was surprised: "Your Majesty wants to equalize the land?"

Xiao Yu squeezed his chin: "All the land will be nationalized, including the land of aristocratic families, and then the land will be divided equally according to the population. What kind of turmoil do you think this will cause?"

Pei Linzhi smiled wryly: "Your Majesty is going to make everyone angry."

Xiang Yang at the side wiped Xiao Yu's sweat silently, which might force those tyrants to rebel.

Xiao Yu smiled: "Take your time."

When Lin Hong went back and said, the head of the Lin family quickly agreed and sent the land deed on his own initiative.There are a total of ten hectares of land, 150 mu, half of which is paddy field and half is dry field.

Paddy fields are low-lying, full of water and rich in organic matter, so they are more fertile than dry fields, and they are perfect for hybrid rice.

Dry fields need irrigation and water diversion, and can grow rice and vegetables.

Pei Linzhi's side has already transferred [-] older and weaker soldiers from the army to farm.

Guangzhou is located in the north of Yazhou, and there are two crops a year. At this time, the late rice has been harvested and the fields are idle.

Xiao Yu asked the soldiers to grow vegetables. Apart from eating them themselves, the more important thing was to cultivate seedlings and seeds of various vegetables and spices, and gradually spread them to the people of Guangzhou.

The officials were all surprised. After the new emperor arrived in Guangzhou, the first thing he did was to buy land and grow vegetables. From ancient times to the present, he has never heard of such an emperor, which is extremely rare.

Those aristocratic families also stood on the sidelines, waiting to see the excitement.

Of course they didn't understand why the Lin family sold the most fertile land to the imperial court, was it because of coercion?When he asked Lin Hong, Lin Hong pretended to be mysterious: "I have my own reasons."

Some people went to ask the Lin family, and the Lin family said: "The old man decided, I don't know."

After the solution was settled, Xiao Yu seized the time to renovate the streets in Panyu city. Not to mention being an imperial capital, as a state city, the urban construction of Panyu is quite shabby.This Wang Qi has been working in Panyu for a long time, how can he tolerate the existence of such a dilapidated street?

After Pei Linzhi arrived in Guangzhou, he found a limestone mountain nearby and arranged for soldiers to burn limestone on the mountain.

Why use soldiers?Xiao Yu said: "Production is idle, and wars are fought when busy. In the early stage of starting a business, everyone should work harder."

As soon as the lime was burned, the imperial court recruited laborers in Panyu to build roads and ditches.

Panyu's natural conditions are not as good as those of Yazhou City, and there is no mountain spring water to bring in. This ditch is for dredging rainwater during the rainy season, so as to avoid flooding in the city.

However, it is a little more troublesome than Yazhou. The ditch should be covered with bluestone slabs to prevent pedestrians and animals from falling into it.